Closure device for bottles comprising a screwable cap

Claim 2

A bottle cap molded from a plastic material piece shaped with a bottom and a side wall symmetrical about a longitudinal axis and joined to said bottom, a conical thread on the internal face of said side wall for holding said bottle cap on the neck of a bottle during screwing of said conical thread on the bottle, a skirt spaced apart from said side wall and coaxial with said side wall and of a smaller length than said side wall as measured parallel to said axis, said skirt extending from said bottom inwardly of said side wall and being adapted for cooperating by surface contact with the inside of the neck of the bottle during said screwing, and a lip immediately adjacent the external surface of said skirt and adjacent to but spaced from said bottom, said lip being adapted to make abutting contact during use with a truncated cone shaped part in the neck of a bottle into which said bottle cap is inserted, said lip having an external diameter slightly greater than the external diameter of said skirt but slightly less than the internal diameter of the neck of the bottle in which it penetrates at the end of said screwing so as to form a stop in the longitudinal direction of said axis.

Claim 3

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle of said conical thread is between 2° and 10°.

Claim 4

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 2, wherein said angle is of the order of 3°.

Claim 5

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein said skirt has a first end and a second end, the end of said skirt nearest to said bottom is connected thereto by a zone with greater elastic deformability than the rest of said bottle cap, and the other end of said skirt is closed by a wall, said wall having an extra thick portion in the vicinity of its central part and being shaped with a conical surface having its conicity in the opposite direction to that of said conical thread.

Claim 6

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 1 further including, at the end of said side wall the furthest away from said bottom, a thief proof ring, bridges connecting said thief proof ring and said side wall together, teeth on the internal face of said ring adapted to cooperate during use with teeth on the external surface of the neck of the bottle, said teeth on the ring and the teeth on the bottle being engaged when said bottle cap is immobilized longitudinally on the bottle at the end of screwing said bottle cap on the bottle.

Claim 7

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bottle cap is made from high density polyethylene.

Claim 8

The bottle cap as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bottom is annular in shape and further includes on the outside of said bottle cap a cover made from a metal film thermofixed on the periphery of said annular bottom.

Claim 9

A cap for a bottle, said cap: (a) being molded from a plastic material; (b) having a bottom end and an at least substantially cylindrical side wall, each of which has an external surface and an internal surface, the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall being tapered conically outwardly away from said bottom; (c) having a conical thread on the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall; (d) having an at least generally cylindrical skirt extending at least generally perpendicularly from the internal surface of said bottom coaxially of said at least generally cylindrical side wall, said at least generally cylindrical skirt having an external surface, an internal surface, and a shorter length than said at least generally cylindrical side wall and being sized, shaped, and positioned to make surface contact with and to slide axially relative to the inside of the neck of the bottle while said cap is being screwed on or off the bottle; and (e) having an annular lip on the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt adjacent to but spaced from the internal surface of said bottom, said annular lip being sized, shaped, and positioned to make axial abutting contact with a corresponding lip in the neck of the bottle when said cap is screwed onto the neck of the bottle to the maximum extent.

Claim 10

A cap for a bottle, said cap: (a) being molded from a plastic material; (b) having a bottom end and an at least substantially cylindrical side wall, each of which has an external surface and an internal surface, the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall being tapered conically outwardly away from said bottom; (c) having a conical thread on the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall; (d) having an at least generally cylindrical skirt extending at least generally perpendicularly from the internal surface of said bottom coaxially of said at least generally cylindrical side wall, said at least generally cylindrical skirt having an external surface, an internal surface, and a shorter length than said at least generally cylindrical side wall and being sized, shaped, and positioned to make surface contact with and to slide axially relative to the inside of the neck of the bottle while said cap is being screwed on or off the bottle; and (e) having an annular lip on the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt adjacent to but spaced from the internal surface of said bottom, said annular lip being sized, shaped, and positioned to make axial abutting contact with a corresponding lip in the neck of the bottle when said cap is screwed onto the neck of the bottle to the maximum extent.

Claim 11

A cap as recited in claim 8 wherein the cone angle of said conical thread is between 2° and 10°.

Claim 12

A cap as recited in claim 9 wherein the cone angle of said conical thread is on the order of 3°.

Claim 13

A cap as recited in claim 8 wherein said at least generally cylindrical skirt has an annular zone of greater elastic deformability adjacent said annular lip on the side thereof away from said bottom.

Claim 14

A cap as recited in claim 11 and further comprising an at least generally planar surface connecting the end of said at least generally cylindrical skirt remote from said bottom.

Claim 15

A cap as recited in claim 12 wherein said at least generally planar surface is slightly bowed away from said bottom.

Claim 16

A cap as recited in claim 11 wherein the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt is slightly conical and has a cone angle opening toward said bottom.

Claim 17

A cap for a bottle, said cap: (a) being molded from a plastic material; (b) having an annular first bottom and an at least substantially cylindrical side wall, each of which has an internal surface and an external surface, the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall being tapered conically outwardly from said annular first bottom; (c) having a conical thread on the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall; (d) having an at least generally cylindrical skirt extending at least generally perpendicularly from the inner edge of the internal surface of said annular first bottom coaxially of said at least generally cylindrical side wall, said at least generally cylindrical skirt having an external surface, an internal surface, and a shorter length than said at least generally cylindrical side wall and being sized, shaped, and positioned to make surface contact with and to slide axially relative to the inside of the neck of the bottle when said cap is being screwed on or off the bottle; (e) having an annular lip on the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt adjacent to but spaced from the internal surface of said annular first bottom, said annular lip being sized, shaped, and positioned to make axial abutting contact with a corresponding annular lip in the neck of the bottle when said cap is screwed on to the neck of the bottle to the maximum extent; and (f) having a second bottom connecting the end of said at least generally cylindrical skirt remote from said annular first bottom.

Claim 18

A cap for a bottle, said cap: (a) being molded from a plastic material; (b) having an annular first bottom and an at least substantially cylindrical side wall, each of which has an internal surface and an external surface, the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall being tapered conically outwardly from said annular first bottom; (c) having a conical thread on the internal surface of said at least substantially cylindrical side wall; (d) having an at least generally cylindrical skirt extending at least generally perpendicularly from the inner edge of the internal surface of said annular first bottom coaxially of said at least generally cylindrical side wall, said at least generally cylindrical skirt having an external surface, an internal surface, and a shorter length than said at least generally cylindrical side wall and being sized, shaped, and positioned to make surface contact with and to slide axially relative to the inside of the neck of the bottle when said cap is being screwed on or off the bottle; (e) having an annular lip on the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt adjacent to but spaced from the internal surface of said annular first bottom, said annular lip being sized, shaped, and positioned to make axial abutting contact with a corresponding annular lip in the neck of the bottle when said cap is screwed on to the neck of the bottle to the maximum extent; and (f) having a second bottom connecting the end of said at least generally cylindrical skirt remote from said annular first bottom.

Claim 19

A cap as recited in claim 15 wherein the cone angle of said conical thread is between 2° and 10°.

Claim 20

A cap as recited in claim 16 wherein the cone angle of said conical thread is on the order of 3°.

Claim 21

A cap as recited in claim 15 wherein said at least generally cylindrical skirt has an annular zone of greater elastic deformability adjacent said annular lip.

Claim 22

A cap as recited in claim 15 wherein the external surface of said at least generally cylindrical skirt is slightly conical and has a cone angle opening towards said bottom.

Claim 23

A cap as recited in claim 15 wherein said second bottom is slightly bowed away from said annular first bottom.